Sandwich AllergyNBC Chicago | Submitted by: Anne_Ecdote
"After the two arrived home Thursday, Mom offered to make Georg a sandwich. Georg grabbed a knife and began chasing her around the kitchen... Georg reportedly caught her in the driveway, pinned her to the ground and began stabbing her... The alleged attack resulted in "bone-chilling screams" heard by neighbors and was so intense that the knife blade snapped off its handle."

The Season For Air Show FatalityDaily Mail | Submitted by: P Ray
"Witnesses told the Kansas City Star that the red biplane was performing loops, then couldn't pull up from a downward spiral. They said the crowd fell silent when the plane hit the ground and burst into flames."

Body Disguised In The Shape Of A StainDetroit Free Press | Submitted by: Erick
"Officials with the Selfridge Air National Guard Base are working with the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate the accident that killed a man walking on the wing of a stunt plane Sunday afternoon... Michigan native Todd Green was set to latch on to a hovering helicopter when he fell 200 feet to his death in front of a crowd estimated at 75,000 gathered at the Selfridge Air Show."

Killer Hiking Trip for Boy ScoutsMSNBC | Submitted by: azdollarbill
"Anderson, involved in Boy Scouting for 50 years and an assistant leader, was hiking the 5-mile trail from Bunker Hill to Bennetts Switch with another man and two boys from a Kokomo Boy Scout troop... The group had stopped on the trail to identify a tree... Witnesses told police that they saw a white man, later identified as Golitko, walk up behind Anderson and stab him in the neck in an unprovoked attack."

Something in the air over DetroitDetroit Free Press | Submitted by: jgb
"Must be something in the air in Detroit." Yup, and it's dogshit. A team of researchers studied 100 air samples collected in four Midwestern cities, including Detroit, looking for bacteria, and found that the most dominant type in winter is the same one found in canine feces. Cleveland also had high counts of doggy-doo bacteria, while Chicago had less and tiny Mayville, Wis., surrounded by cornfields, had little."

Disney Trip Takes Out MatriarchyCBS New York | Submitted by: jgb
"Three generations of women from a New York City family were killed on the interstate in North Carolina as they were coming home from a vacation in Disney World... The wreck happened Saturday evening on I-95 in Wilson, North Carolina just outside of Raleigh. State troopers say the family from Washington Heights was driving north when their SUV blew a tire causing the vehicle to lose control and flip over."

Bogans With BangersThe Age | Submitted by: Megs
"Two Aussie bogans from South East Melbourne practice the gentle art of home made explosive manufacture... Both end up in hospital and one loses his legs."

Dead Girl Swims 300 YardsGalveston Daily News | Submitted by: lexdysic
Glub Glub. Parents went cheap on this outing and decided to forgo a life preserver for their daughter, but making sure they had a firm hold on their 9 year old boy while playing in the rip tides.

Random Task? Rape!KTLA News | Submitted by: Anne_Ecdote
"Son, 39, was arrested Oct. 7, 2008 on charges related to a 1990 Christmas Eve gang rape, and his trial is now underway. He was already in custody for an unrelated vandalism charge and was linked to the 1990 crime when he gave a DNA sample to authorities following a probation violation... Son played the role of Dr. Evil's handyman,"Random Task," a shoe-throwing villain in Mike Meyer's 1997 blockbuster film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery."

Scientists Create Synthetic Love MayonnaiseTime | Submitted by: Beavis Christ
"Kyoto University researchers began by coaxing mouse embryonic stem cells into primordial germ cells, which give rise to sperm or egg cells. The germs cells were then transplanted into the testes of 7-day-old mice, which had been bred to be sterile... The mice not only went on to produce normal-looking sperm, but the sperm also successfully fertilized mouse egg cells in Petri dishes."

Down The Shroom HoleAZ Central | Submitted by: Anne_Ecdote
"Gimzelberg was cited for trespassing and criminal damage after he told them he had gone down the hole after smoking PCP and marijuana and consuming mushrooms a day earlier... He was seen emptying the contents of his wallet onto the ground while yelling and running around the neighborhood. Police do not know the exact time that Gimzelberg disrobed or fell down the manhole, but he was discovered 40 feet down with just one shoe on."

Your Best Donald Duck ImpersonationDominion Post | Submitted by: P Ray
It was clear he "had taken his life by utilising helium gas by placing a plastic bag over his head", an effective and humane method... Following the man's death police had asked his family for confidentiality as they wanted to avoid copycat deaths. "They thought that society did not have to rely on ignorance to protect it but rather raise the awareness and control of access to fatal material such as helium.''

Wall Drama Solves ItselfNBC Philadelphia | Submitted by: Anne_Ecdote
"You may recall the woman last May who posted "I will pay somebody a stack to kill my baby father", and the teenager who responded: "say no more / what he look like / where he be at / need that stack 1st / ima mop that bull" A day after the pair appeared in court to answer charges, the target of the hit plan was murdered by someone unrelated to the plot."

Business Casual Tailgate PartyABC News | Submitted by: DS
"Thousands of unemployed waited overnight, camping out in their business suits and office heels and braving the tormenting heat in Atlanta to stand in line for a job fair Thursday... Authorities treated 20 people for heat exhaustion as they struggled to keep the line moving and get people moved inside."

Pop for the PoorNew York Times | Submitted by: Carbonated DS
"Federal officials on Friday rejected Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to bar New York City’s food stamp users from buying soda and other sugary drinks with their benefits... In October, the city proposed a two-year experiment to see if the prohibition would reduce obesity among people who buy their groceries with food stamps."

Jack Layton DeadCanadian Broadcasting | Submitted by: anonymous
"NDP Leader Jack Layton, who led Canada's Official Opposition, has died at his Toronto home at age 61 after a battle with cancer... The greatest success of Layton's 30-year political career -- the historic NDP breakthrough in May's federal election, catapulting his party into Official Opposition -- was achieved, it is now clear, with time rapidly running out on his life."

Second Swedish Invasion of Germany FlopsThe Local SE | Submitted by: No Pork-4-U:Still...It's Fatwa!
"A red-faced restaurateur in southern Germany admitted Sunday she had turned away Sweden's king and queen when they asked for a table after failing to recognise them... Nadine Schellenberger of Zum Gueldenen Stern, a half-timbered inn and pub founded in the 16th century in the centre of the southwestern town of Ladenburg, said the royals stopped in while she was hosting a wedding party, but were turned away... Press reports said the royal couple and their entourage managed to snag a pizza in the market square instead."